Location:
Dover, Homebased
Contract:
Permanent
Salary:
£80,000
Closing Date:
4 May 2026
The role Part of the Finance team, the Deputy Director of Financial Planning & Analysis is a new and strategic role at Migrant Help. You will lead on the Charity's strategies and resourcing of its FP&A function – its forecasting, modelling and costing – and how valuable insights from that work can be communicated to best further the Charity's aims. You will be a key member of the Migrant Help finance function, providing strategic and operational financial support to enable sustainable growth, informed decision making, and accountable service continuity.
If you are adaptable with demonstrable experience leading, supervising and reviewing large contract bids, and are looking for an exciting role that makes a difference, we'd love to hear from you!
Role responsibilities
Partner with the Senior Leadership team and Senior Finance Personnel to develop the methodology behind the setting and maintenance of budgets, and forecasts to support strategic objectives.
Lead on the finances of all potential contract and grant applications that align with the charity's objectives.
Provide financial analysis and insight to support strategic planning, investment decisions, and service development.
Deliver high quality analysis of financial reports and performance.
Monitor financial performance, highlight risks and opportunities and support corrective actions.
Support the development of pricing models and cost recovery strategies for commercial contracts.
Work closely with operational teams to track financial performance on volumetric based and act as a key finance business partner to service leads.
Collaborate with the central charity finance team to ensure alignment on consolidated reporting and governance.
Contribute to organisational risk management through our approach to the pricing of new contracts, particularly around funding volatility and service changes.
Support long‑term financial sustainability by setting out an approach to scenario planning, in response to policy, funding and demand changes.
Engage proactively across other Senior Finance leads to ensure information is communicated and cascaded effectively.
Foster a values‑led, inclusive finance culture aligned with the Charity's mission and purpose.
The experience and skills you need
Ability to commission internal roles or external support in FP&A based on the degree of complexity of contracts so that expertise and appropriate time can be allocated across multiple varying commitments.
Management of an FP&A function at a senior level within a large or growing organisation.
Ability to interpret financial data and provide insightful analysis to support decision making.
Align financial planning with strategic goals and help shape long‑term decision making.
Proficient in the use or implementation of relevant forecasting tools in achieving the automation and validation of budgets and forecasting.
About Migrant Help Migrant Help is a leading charity that was established in 1963 and delivers a range of support and advice services to people affected by displacement and exploitation across the UK. Our vision is for a global society that protects vulnerable people, treats them with respect and enables them to reach their full potential.
We foster a culture in which equality, diversity and inclusion are recognised, valued and encouraged. It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from, we match your skills with the needs of our organisation, as long as you share our values, vision and goals. We welcome applications from candidates regardless of their age, religion or belief, race, gender reassignment, disability, sexual orientation, sex, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
These are some of the benefits we offer
Our working week is 35 hours per week offering flexibility and work‑life balance.
Enhanced family‑friendly provisions.
Employees will gain an extra day annual leave per year to a maximum of 39 days, including bank holidays (pro‑rata).
Option to buy or sell up to 5 days of annual leave.
Access to Perkbox, an employee rewards and benefits platform with over 9,000 deals and discounts, a range of free perks, employee wellbeing support and other additional employee benefits and recognitions.
Wellbeing support.
Migrant Help offers employees a non‑contributory pension scheme. Migrant Help pays 8 % of employee salary into the pension scheme.
Migrant Help is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
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